gvant

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German gewant (modern German Gewand). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʋánt/
• Rhymes: -ánt
• Hyphenation: gvant

Noun

gvȁnt m inan

1. (colloquial) clothes (a product or set of products made of fabric, leather, that covers the body)

   Synonym: oblẹ̑ka

   • 2007, Anton Pegan, Indija Komandija: prozna ljudska besedila z Vipavskega, Goriškega, s Krasa in Tolminskega iz 19. stoletja‎^[1], Zal. ZRC, ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 96:

     Ti gospodje so šli zdaj hitro gledat, kaj da je, in najdli so ono siroto, ki je pod koritom čepela. Veseli so neizrečeno, pomerili so ji čevelj in dobro se ji je prilegal. Ona je pa šla zdaj gor, oblekla si je solnčen gvant, dela je zlate čevljice na nogo in pripeljala se je dol.

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Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	gvȁnt
gen. sing.	gvánta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	gvȁnt	gvánta	gvánti
genitive rodȋlnik	gvánta	gvántov	gvántov
dative dajȃlnik	gvántu, gvánti	gvántoma, gvántama	gvántom, gvántam
accusative tožȋlnik	gvȁnt	gvánta	gvánte
locative mẹ̑stnik	gvántu, gvánti	gvántih, gvántah	gvántih, gvántah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	gvántom	gvántoma, gvántama	gvánti
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	gvȁnt	gvánta	gvánti

Further reading

• “gvant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “gvant”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references